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* [[Occitan language|Occitan]]: Josèp |
* [[Occitan language|Occitan]]: Josèp |
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* [[Persian language|Persian]]: يوسف, ''Yūsuf'', ''Youssef'', ''Yussef'' |
* [[Persian language|Persian]]: يوسف, ''Yūsuf'', ''Youssef'', ''Yussef'' |
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* [[Polish language|Polish]]: Józef (Yu-zef) |
* [[Polish language|Polish]]: Józef (Yu-zef), [[Diminutive|Diminutive]]: Józek, Józio |
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* [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]]: José, Zé (shorter form) |
* [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]]: José, Zé (shorter form) |
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* [[Romanian language|Romanian]]: Iosif |
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Revision as of 09:48, 13 October 2013
 Joseph, son of Jacob | |
| Pronunciation | /ˈdʒoʊzəf/ or /ˈdʒoʊsəf/ |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Hebrew |
| Region of origin | Israel |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Joe, Joey, Jojo, John, Josiah, Josias, Josh, Joshua, Jeshua, Jesse, Jess, Joss, Joy, Joyce, Julius, Jules, Jose, Josephus, José, Giuseppe, Yoseph, Yusuf, Yus, Seph, Seth, Steph, Joan, Joanne, Joanna, Jones, Jonas, Jolyon, Joel, Yoel, Jo, Josie, Josephine, Josephina |
Joseph is a name originating from Hebrew, meaning 'God will increase' recorded in the Hebrew Bible, as יוֹסֵף, Standard Hebrew Yossef, Tiberian Hebrew and Aramaic Yôsēp̄. In Arabic, including in the Qur'an, the name is spelled يوسف or Yūsuf. The name can be translated from Hebrew יהוה להוסיף Yihoh Lhosif as signifying "YHWH will increase/add". This variant of the name is used mostly in English, French and German-speaking countries. Diminutives of Joseph include: Joe and Joey for males, and Jo for females. It is sometimes abbreviated as Jos.
The name has enjoyed significant popularity in its many forms in numerous countries, and Joseph was one of the two names, along with Robert, remained in the top 10 boys' names list from 1925 to 1972 in the US.[1] It is especially common in contemporary Israel, as either "Yossi" or "Yossef".
In the Old Testament, Joseph is Jacob's eleventh son and Rachel's first. In the New Testament, Joseph is the husband of Mary, the mother of Jesus. In the New Testament there is another Joseph as well, Joseph of Arimathea, a secret disciple of Jesus who supplied the tomb in which Jesus was buried.
Common nicknames
Variations
Variations for males include:[2]
- Afrikaans: Josef
- Albanian: Jozef, Zef, Josif, Josip, Isuf
- Alsatian: Sepp
- Armenian: Հովսեփ Hovsep
- Arabic: يوسف (Yūsuf, Youssef, Yussef, Yousuf)
- Azerbaijani: Yusif, Yusuf, Usub
- Belarusian: Іосіф, Iosif, Язэп, Yazep
- Bosnian: Josip, Jusuf
- Basque: Joseba, Josepe
- Bulgarian: Йосиф, Yosif
- Catalan: Josep, Pep (shortened form)
- Corsican: Ghjaseppu
- Croatian: Josip, Joso, Jozo, Joško, Joža
- Czech: Josef, Jožka, Pepa, Pepík, Pepik, Pepan, Pepča, Pepek, Pepino, Jožin
- Danish: Joseph, Josef
- Dutch: Jozef, Joost, Jos, Jo, Jef, Seppe
- English: Joseph, Joe, Joey
- Esperanto: Jozefo
- Estonian: Joosep, Joosu
- Faroese: Jósef
- Finnish: Jooseppi, Juuso
- French: Joseph
- Friulian: Bepi, Bepo, Bepùt
- Galician: Xosé
- Georgian: იოსებ Ioseb, სოსო Soso
- German: Josef, Joseph; Jupp (familiar); Sepp Seppl or Pepi (familiar or diminutive forms, particularly in South Germany and Austria)
- Greek: Ἰωσήφ (Iōséph), Ἰώσηπος (Iosepos), (Iosipos)
- Hebrew: יוסף (Yosef)
- Hindi: योसेफ (Yōsēph)
- Hungarian: Jóska, József
- Icelandic: Jósef (pronounced "YO-sef"), Jói (pronounced "Yo-eh") or Jósep (pronounced "YO-sep")
- Indonesian: Yoseph,Yosep,Yusuf, Yusup, Ucup,Josef,Joseph
- Interlingua: Joseph
- Italian: Giuseppe, Giù, Beppe, Peppe, Peppino, Pino, Bepi, Beppo, Pippo, Puccio
- Irish: Seosamh, Iósaf
- Japanese: ヨセフ Yosefu
- Kazakh: Yusuf, Jusip
- Korean: 요셉 Yosep
- Latin: Ioséphus
- Latvian: Jāzeps
- Limburgish: Joep, Sef
- Lithuanian: Juozapas, Juozas (shorter form), Juzas (shortest form)
- Lombard: Giüsèpp, Pèpp, Bèpp
- Malayalam: ഔസേപ് Ousep, Ousef, യോസേപ് Yosef,ഔസേപച്ചന് Ouseppachen, കൊച്ചാപ്പു Kochaappu
- Malay: Yusuf, Yusop, Yusoff, Jusoh, Usop
- Manado Malay: Josef, Yosef, Oce'
- Maltese: Ġużeppi, Ġużi, Ġuż, Ġużè, Peppi, Peppu, Peppinu, Pepp, Żeppi, Żeppu, Żepp
- Mandarin Chinese: 约瑟(s) 約瑟(t) Yuēsè, 约瑟夫(s) 約瑟夫(t) Yuēsèfū, Zho-Zi-Fu
- Maori: Hohepa
- Norwegian: Josef
- Occitan: Josèp
- Persian: يوسف, Yūsuf, Youssef, Yussef
- Polish: Józef (Yu-zef), Diminutive: Józek, Józio
- Portuguese: José, Zé (shorter form)
- Romanian: Iosif
- Russian: Иосиф (Iosif), Осип (Osip)
- Samoan: Iosefa
- Sardinian: Jisepu
- Scottish Gaelic: Seòsaidh
- Serbian: Јосиф (Josif)
- Sicilian: Giuseppi
- Sinhala:Jose, Juse
- Slovak: Jozef, Jožo, Dodo, Ďoďo
- Slovene: Jožef, Jože
- Spanish: José, Pepe, Chepe, Che
- Sundanese: Yusup, Usup, Ucup
- Swedish: Josef
- Syriac: ܝܘܣܦ (Yausef, Yausep)
- Turkish: Yusuf, Yasef
- Tagalog: Jose, Pepe, Peping,
- Tamil: Yoseppu
- Telugu: Yosepu
- Ukrainian: Йосип (Yosyp)
- Valencian: Josep
- Venetian: Juxepe (pronounced as "Giusepe" or "Iusepe"), Bepi, Bepin
- Vietnamese: Giu-se.
- Welsh: Joseff
- Yiddish: Yissl, Yussel, Jayzl
- Yorùbá: Josefu, Yesufu, Yusuf
- Zimbabwean (Shona): Joze, Joza
Female forms
- Albanian: Jozefina, Zefina
- English: Jo, Josephine, Joette
- French: Joséphine
- Irish: Seosaimhín
- Italian: Giuseppina
- Catalan : Josepa, Pepa (shortened)
- Polish : Józefina (Yo-zef-yna)
- Portuguese: Josefa/Josefina
- Spanish: Josefa/Josefina
- Greek: Ιωσηφίνα (Iosiphina)
- Croatian: Josipa
- Maltese: Ġuża/Ġużeppa
- Swedish: Josefin/Josefine
- Yiddish: Jayzl, Yissl
People known as Joseph
Royalty
- Portugal
- Joseph I of Portugal, King of Portugal
- Joseph, Prince of Brazil
- Joseph, General Inquisitor (1720–1801) – a natural son of King John V of Portugal, one of the Children of Palhavã.
- Spain/Italy/France
- Joseph Bonaparte, King of Spain, King of Naples
- Other
- Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria
- Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria, King of Bavaria
Biblical figures
- Saint Joseph, husband of Mary the mother of Jesus (according to Christian doctrine)
- Joseph (Hebrew Bible), Old Testament Biblical figure in the book of Genesis
- Joseph of Arimathea, secretive disciple of Jesus
Other
- Józef Beck, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland who rejected Hitler's territorial demands
- Józef Bem, a national hero of Poland and Hungary
- Josip Broz Tito, Communist leader of Yugoslavia
- Joseph R. Chenelly, war correspondent
- Chief Joseph, Nez Perce tribal leader
- Joe Alexander (American football), American 2x All-Pro NFL football player
- Joe Biden, Vice President of the United States of America
- José Carreras, tenor singer
- Joe Choynski ("Chrysanthemum Joe"), American heavyweight Hall of Fame boxer
- Harry Connick, Jr., or Joseph Harry Fowler Connick, Jr., American singer, actor and pianist
- Joe Camel, Cigarette mascot
- Joseph Connors, American art historian
- Joseph Conrad, Polish-British writer
- Joseph Cook, Prime Minister of Australia
- Joseph Daye, AFL footballer for the Gold Coast Suns.
- Joseph Dennie, American writer
- Joseph Dempsie, British actor
- Joe DiMaggio, New York Yankees hall of famer
- Joe Dolan, Irish Showband singer
- Joe Jonas, lead vocals from the Jonas Brothers
- Josef Doležal (1920–1999), Czechoslovak race walker
- Josef Ertl, German politician
- Joseph Fenton, informer killed by the Provisional Irish Republican Army
- Josef Fritzl, Austrian sex offender
- Joseph Glidden, created barbed wire
- Joseph Goebbels, Propaganda minister of Nazi Germany
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt, American actor
- Josep Guardiola, Catalan current trainer and former player of FC Barcelona
- Joe Hart, English football player
- Joseph Hagerty, American gymnast
- Joseph Haydn, Austrian composer
- Joseph Heller, American author
- Joe Horlen, American major league baseball All Star pitcher
- Josef Hladký, Czech-German medley swimmer
- Joseph Dalton Hooker, British botanist
- Joe Jacobi, American Olympic champion canoer, Canadian slalom pairs
- Joe Jacobson, Wales soccer player (Oldham Athletic & U21 national team)
- Joseph Kabui, first President of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville
- Joe Kaminer, South African rugby union national team
- Joseph Koo, Hong Kong composer and arranger
- Joe Lieberman, US Senator from Connecticut
- Josef Lontscharitsch, Austrian road cyclist
- Joseph Lyons, Prime Minister of Australia
- Joseph B. MacInnis (born 1937), Canadian physician, underwater diver and author
- Joe Magidsohn, Russian, American football player
- Joe Mauer, American Baseball Player and AL MVP
- Joseph McCarthy, US Senator from Wisconsin
- Joe McElderry, British singer and winner of The X Factor (UK Series 6)
- Joseph Marwa, Tanzanian boxer
- Joe Montana, Hall of Fame NFL quarterback
- József Munk, Hungarian Olympic medalist swimmer
- Joseph Carey Merrick, the "Elephant Man"
- Joseph Mengele, Nazi scientist
- Joseph Nicéphore Niépce, first person to create a permanent photograph
- Joseph Oosting, Dutch football (soccer) player
- Joseph Oliver (disambiguation), multiple people
- Joe Pasquale, winner of the 4th series of I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!
- Joe Pavelski (born 1984), American professional ice hockey player
- Joe Perry, Aerosmith lead guitarist
- Józef Piłsudski, First Marshal of Poland
- Jozef Plachý, Slovak middle distance runner
- Joseph Planta (librarian) (1744–1828), Swiss Principal Librarian of the British Museum, and his son Sir Joseph Planta (1787–1847), English politician
- Joe the Plumber, figure mentioned at least 20 times during the 2008 US presidential debates
- Józef Poniatowski, a Polish leader and a Marshal of the Empire.
- Joseph Ratzinger, given name of Pope Benedict XVI
- Joe Root, a 19th-century American naturalist from Erie, Pennsylvania
- Joe Satriani, instrumental rock guitarist
- Joe Schilling, American kickboxer
- Josef Schmid (disambiguation)
- Joseph Simmons, aka DJ Run, of rap group Run-DMC
- Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of the Latter Day Saint movement
- Joseph Stalin, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's Central Committee from 1922 until his death in 1953
- Joe Toye, American World War II veteran
- Joseph Valtellini (born 1985), Canadian kickboxer
- Joseph Vaz, Indian Catholic priest, Apostle of Sri Lanka
- József Vida (born 1963), Hungarian hammer thrower
- Joseph Vijay, Tamil actor
- Joseph Wapasha, Mdewakanton Sioux chief
- Joss Whedon, American screenwriter, director and executive producer
- Joseph Wiseman (1918–2009), Canadian actor
- Yosef Zaritsky (1891–1985), Israeli painter
- Josef Zeilbauer, Austrian decathlete
- Josephus (37 – c. 100 AD), aka Yosef Ben Matityahu, was a first-century Jewish historian of priestly and royal ancestry who recorded the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD.
- Jusuf Kalla, 10th Vice President of Indonesia from 2004 to 2009.
See also
- Joseph (surname)
- Joseph (disambiguation)
- Average Joe
- G.I. Joe
- Joe Millionaire
- Joe Cool (disambiguation)
References
- ^ Frank Nuessel (1992). The Study of Names: A Guide to the Principles and Topics. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. p. 10. Retrieved 11 September 2013. – via Questia (subscription required)
- ^ Behind the Name – the Etymology and History of First Names